The Spencer Family YMCA Sailfish Swim Team is a competitive age-group swim team that competes in YMCA competition from November to March. The Sailfish compete with other YMCA teams from Spirit Lake, Worthington, Emmetsburg, Ft. Dodge, Carroll and Ankeny. The State YMCA Swim Meet is held annually at the Marshalltown YMCA.

The Sailfish meet four days a week, Monday through Thursday, at age appropriate times. 8 & unders practice from 3:45-4:45 p.m., 9-10 year olds practice from 5:30-6:30 p.m. & 11 & ups practice from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

For further information regarding the Sailfish Swim Team, please contact Sandy at (712) 262-3782 or email sholck@spencerymca.org

The Sea Turtles Swim Team is a recreationally competitive swim team that swims for five weeks beginning Monday, June 9 & ending July 11, 2008. Swimmers of all ages (between 5-18) practice at the Spencer Family Aquatic Center Tuesday through Friday for one-hour practices. Optional meets are held on Saturdays against teams from LeMars, Sheldon, Spirit Lake & Estherville.

Practice times for the 2008 Summer Swim Season are:
11 am -12 noon for all age groups
*Due to American Red Cross lessons, practice times are subject to change.

For further information, please contact Sandy at (712) 262-3782 or email sholck@spencerymca.org

"Begin to Swim" is four days of FREE Swimming Lessons for NON-SWIMMERS going into 1st-6th grades. Beginning Tuesday, May 29th at the Spencer Family YMCA your child can attend a 30-minute period where trained instructors will lead classes designed to work on basic swimming and safety skills. Program participants as well as YMCA members are invited to sign up. Registration will begin at the YMCA on Monday, May 14th for members and Wednesday, May 16th for program participants. You must register in person; no registrations will be taken over the phone or by mail. The deadline for registering is Thursday, May 24th.

There will be four levels offered during three different periods of the morning. Class size is limited so please register early!

For further information, please contact Sandy at (712) 262-3782 or email sholck@spencerymca.org

At each level of the YMCA Progressive Swim Lesson Program, participants are involved in activities related to the following five different components: personal safety, stroke development, water sports and games, personal growth and rescue. The goal of the progressive swim lessons program is to develop the total person. (Must have four children to run a class.) Parent volunteers needed, contact Sandy at 262-3782 or sholck@spencerymca.org if interested.

The Spencer Family YMCA offers lessons for preschoolers and school-age children. For class descriptions and schedule, please visit page 10 of our program brochure.

For further information, please contact Sandy at (712) 262-3782 or email sholck@spencerymca.org

For more information about the swim teams, please download our program brochure.

For online registration to youth classes, click here.

Splash is a national YMCA program that has had great success in many communities. Second grade children in the Spencer school system have been targeted because drowning is second only to motor vehicle accidents as the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States in children of that age group. Beginning with this session children currently enrolled in second grade may sign up for the Spencer Family YMCA progressive swim lesson program free of charge whether you are a member or a program participant. This program will be incorporated in the following sessions: Fall I, Fall II, Winter I, Winter II, Spring, Summer I & Summer II. Children may only sign up for one session and must be enrolled in second grade during the 2007/2008 school year. Please stop by the Member Services Center to sign up!

For Youth Aquatics schedule, please visit page 10 of our program brochure.